“Tuesday”
One aspect of children’s picture books is that they aren’t simply words, but picture books. An intrinsic part of the storytelling is done through pictures, images, paintings, or illustrations. More than one comment I’ve heard about children’s books is that the pictures are incredibly important. My own experience tells me that as I remember Frederick from my childhood, but I never actually remembered the story.
A friend of ours is a language specialist. She points out the importance of pictures in language acquisition. The child hears the words of the story…
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Drew Downs
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